Australia news live: Anika Wells says telcos ‘least trusted industry’ after Telstra outage; shadow minister criticised over triple zero test calls

According to The Guardian, a Telstra outage has rippled across Australia, and the communications minister isn't mincing words about it. Anika Wells called telecommunications the country's least trusted industry in the wake of the disruption. The fault has real-world reach: a radio network problem tied to the outage brought Victoria's regional V/Line train network to a standstill, with a long list of cancelled services and passengers urged to defer travel. Wells also stressed that it's very important people do not make test calls to triple zero, the emergency line, after a shadow minister was criticised for doing exactly that.

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